GM Lorenzo's #10-08: What Prestige is Worth - OUTPOST II (Inactive)

Game Master Lawrence Smith 2

Boon?: 1d20 ⇒ 13

1d20 ⇒ 6 BOON ROLL

Boon Roll: 1d20 ⇒ 17 Drat, so close.

I think Nella+Cirri+Obtrivi all voting to let the folks do as they will and let Ophelia decide to do with her own contract (Whatever her preference is) wins the vote?

Boon?: 1d20 ⇒ 1

Cirri votes to release Teena and Kirash's friend.
Cirri asks Ophelia to join the Society, but otherwise destroy the contract.

Boon: 1d20 ⇒ 20
Which: 1d4 ⇒ 1

GM, I have already won this particular boon in another game for OP2... What happens in this case?

I reported the session to the organizers, who will report it to Paizo. For your reference, if needed, our Session ID is 107.

If you die, I can always update it. ;-)

Erlathan, I think you'd probably just get two of the same boon but I could be wrong since I've never won two of the same boon before. You could always see about trading the extra for something else :)

Cirri cannot make that Sense Motive check, by the way.

I'm not going to have time to post today at all, so please bot me if it becomes necessary. Apologies.

No problem, Erlathan. I've only got a few minutes at the airport in Frankfurt, before departing for Edinburgh.

I should be able to post later today.

Out of town... had to update from my phone.

I've got another day here where I can't post. I'm really sorry but I've got lots of stuff going on. Please bot me.

Checking in; have been under the weather but feeling better now~

*munches popcorn*

Go get 'em guys!

Jus realized my post yesterday got eaten. I’ll update Gameplay within a couple of hours. On a bus right now, heading back to Edinburgh from Hadrian’s Wall.

@Erlathan - That last post of yours made me laugh so hard that I ended up having a coughing fit*, haha!

*I have been sickly of late.

:) Glad to hear it. I thought of what ridiculous things I could make him say, and that was the first thing that came to mind.

Feel better soon!

Does anyone have Disable Device? Cirri has a +5 Strength bonus right now.

Alternatively does anyone have Resist/Protection from Fire?

No resist Fire. <---Seldom gets burnt except friendly fire.
No Disable Device. <---Uses Adamantine Heavy Flail as lockpick.

Alas, Nella can't help with either of those :\

From the DC to identify Leventi, you can deduce he's listed as a CR10 creature. The encounter might have a CR higher than that.

Alright team. At least 2 people are denying the deal.

If we side with Leventi, Cirri will refuse the wish, giving her the "Abstained from the Inferno" option.

If we side with Vetrivides, well, Cirri gets to kill a devil either way.

Though Nella's made her own personal feelings known she will go along with what the majority of the group wants to do.

Player wise. That is tempting indeed and accepting the wish is both lawful and evil.

However....Alden is likely to risk death in refusing.

If Erlathan accepts the deal but everyone else doesn't, does that mean Erlathan sits back and watches everyone else fight? Seems odd.

If the answer is yes, he may invoke his fickle nature and change his mind on the spot, siding with the party.

Just to clarify, declining the wish is not an evil act, but still confers a useful benefit.

Guys and gals, between jet lag, lack of sleep, and GMing 2 scenarios at PaizoCon today, my brain is fried.

I'll kick things off tomorrow with an Initiative roll. Feel free to add any additional posts until then.

My last post was lost in the void of time and space- so I reposted it as it looked last night.

Time to kill this SOB!

Yeahhh...Leventi picked the wrong group to make a 'let's weaken Hell' argument to :)

Anyway, rest up GM! Hope your trip to Scotland was both fun and profitable.

Unfortunately....maybe one or two members are zealots so his proposal backfired spectacularly.....

I'm curious though.. Was that written in the scenario?

Two of us are zealots.
The others are goody two-shoes.

If anyone has protection against fire or is good at Disable Device, now's your chance to shine. Otherwise we'll bash any barriers in the way.

Cirri, please indicate the route you and Riddywhipple took to reach your present location on the map near Leventi.

I need to know that so I can post the effects of your actions and those of the rest of the party.

Erlathan, no problem with the retcon of your actions. And I don't mind having your revised action occur first.

Cirri is taking a direct route by flying over the pit. Green line on the map.

Riddywhipple will fly along the perimeter of the pit, since he has 90 feet of flight. He will not fly over the pit as a result.

Hey folks, I'll be heading out of town to DieCon19 and won't return until sometime late Sunday night/early Monday morning. I likely won't have a ton of free time for posting so please feel free to bot me as necessary :)

I know we're currently in the middle of a combat so I'll do my best to check in and squeeze in posts so as not to bog things down too much.

As a side note, tomorrow I will be going on vacation in Washington DC. The internet should be good but if I don't post regularly, you know why.

Want to give Obtrivi a chance to roll his own save, and a re-roll if necessary and one's available.

Sent Obtrivi a PM. I'll wait to bot him until this evening.

Thanks for your patience, everybody. Life catches up with each of us from time to time.

I'm fine to wait. This is a thrilling conclusion and I want to see if Alden visits the floor again.

I'm back and rested and have spent the requisite time with loved ones who missed me (the weirdos) while I was away on my con adventure! Thank you for your patience :)

Nella,
The effects of Symbol of Pain don't seem to meet the criteria calling for a concentration check.
Unless there's another reason requiring the check, I'm ruling your spell goes off.
However, I'll roll a CL check vs Leventi's SR.

Good luck team. I couldn't figure out how his DR worked before Cirri got punted.

GM, my concentration check was in relation to the last bullet point on Slide #3:

'To cast a spell or spell-like ability with the chaotic or good descriptor, a caster must attempt a concentration check (DC 20 + the level of the spell). If the check fails, the spell does not function but is still lost as a prepared spell or spell slot. If the check succeeds, the spell functions normally.'

Holy Smite has the good descriptor.

Thanks for the clarification, Nella. Lots to keep track of here, for sure.

Any parting words to Vetrivides or other business in Dis, before we head back to Skyreach?

I can't recall but do we have any?

edited:

this?

A few minutes after you finish interacting with Kirash, the imp returns and escorts you to the norn Rowane. Artylyget and Tholvinus preen and gain a jaunty step in their stride, enjoying their vicarious status as honored guests of a senior handmaiden of the Queen of Dis.

Wide corridors through darkly beautiful foliage wander far enough from the iron streets of the city to be insulated from the omnipresent noise and heat. The journey concludes at a three-tiered gallery displaying armor, weapons, relics, and framed woven swatches, all built around a wide-branched blackwood tree with leaves of gold. A black-haired woman standing 14 feet in height looks away from a skein of thread and rises in greeting, gesturing toward seats around an intricately carved oaken table.

"Welcome to Eleusys, travelers. Take respite and refreshment as guests in the home of my queen, Erecura. I, Rowane, greet you in her name."

The norn asks each Pathfinder’s name in turn and offers food and drink.

"My queen knows of your investigation and wishes to take up the matter. Leventi made certain promises in Hell’s name, the details known to him alone. She asks that you retrieve his personal records—should your investigation prove successful—so that she can see his obligations fulfilled and no one else suffers for his alleged mistakes."

Up to you all. You can RP it in the Gameplay thread. Doesn't need to take long.

Interesting tidbit re Earl Grey tea. When we were posted in Kathmandu, one of our friends owned vast tea plantations, in Maoist-controlled areas of the east, yet where they were allowed to continue to operate their business so long as they paid the Maoists exorbitant 'fees' for the privilege.

We visited him and his family with a writer friend of ours who was staying with us. He's something of a tea and whisky snob. He asked for some Earl Grey tea.

Our Nepali host threw his head back and laughed, and then told him how it's made. When the drying process in the screened racks is complete and the dried leaves removed to be crushed into leafier teas, the wood floors are covered in dust. The janitorial staff enters the room barefoot and sweeps up the dust. They dump it into burlap trash bags, now full of 'Earl Grey' tea, ready for the auction block.

This was in South Asia. People's feet get pretty dirty.

That's when I understood why tea is boiled. If nothing else, it might kill some of the germs.

(At least the writer was able to help me out with a couple of published writings that garnered my efforts some US support, at a time when US foreign policy had taken a turn for the worse.)

Haha, it's amazing how one man's trash is another man's treasure.

Yummmy... FEET TEA!